{"product_id":"open-city-no-88-jan-24-30-1969-bukowski-in-the-french-quarter-open-city-benefit-poetry-reading-black-panther-assassinations-flying-burrito-brothers","title":"OPEN CITY No. 88, Jan. 24–30, 1969 — Bukowski in the French Quarter, Open City Benefit Poetry Reading, Black Panther Assassinations, Flying Burrito Brothers","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn issue of the Los Angeles underground weekly in the full broadsheet format, featuring Charles Bukowski's \"Notes of a Dirty Old Man.\" The column is illustrated by Bukowski runs across two pages: going east in the barcar, 2,000 people reading poetry and 900 buying books; ending up in the French Quarter with Shirley, a large housewife who likes his poetry; signing 3,500 pages for a poetry book; the great editor's wife; a train home through New Orleans; and a telegram from Jon and Lou Webb of Loujon Press — \"Dear Buke, we miss you terribly, our world is not the same without you, please be careful and take care of yourself, love\" — closing with a drink in California, home at last. This short story would later be published in the German graphic novel “Einmal New Orleans Und Zuruck” by MaroVerlag,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA handwritten advertisement announces the Open City Benefit Poetry Reading — held to help the paper fight its obscenity charge stemming from the literary supplement that Bukowski himself edited, which included Jack Micheline's story \"Skinny Dynamite\" — at the Ash Grove on February 6, featuring Jack Hirschman, John Thomas, Jack Micheline, Harold Norse, Bill Margolis, John Bryan, Steve Richmond, Liza Williams, Ruth Wiess, Tony Scibella, and Jim Silver, under the banner \"SKINNY DYNAMITE LIVES!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe front cover leads with satirical coverage of the Nixon inauguration in striking purple and black two-color, inviting readers to cut out a Richard Nixon Ex-Used Car Salesman mask. Interior includes an in-depth report on the assassination of Black Panther leaders Bunchy Carter and John Huggins at UCLA, and coverage of the student uprising at Valley State College. Also a half-page ad for the Flying Burrito Brothers.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eFull broadsheet format, 22.5\" x 15.5\", purple and black spot color on cover, black and white throughout interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProvenance: Mailing label on front cover addressed to John E. Bryan, 22420 Edgecliff Drive, Cleveland, Ohio — the editor's father at his home address.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy has a very slight uneven fold. The pages are white, but not bright. Color is fading a bit. Overall some wear to the covers and some small tears and folds to the end pages. Small tears to the right and left on the horizontal fold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47894227976357,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20250810_141130_-_Copy.jpg?v=1780939163","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/open-city-no-88-jan-24-30-1969-bukowski-in-the-french-quarter-open-city-benefit-poetry-reading-black-panther-assassinations-flying-burrito-brothers","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}